The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-01 00:00:00

fc•r it is a vetv extraordinary, and leading feature of toe charatl4of these people, that a single one of thou, attacked on this particular, induces the whole to blaze forthin general support. really happened, particularly as some malevole'l opponents of Ministers. have accused tilCiTI of tardi ne,;., in.a measure so very interesting and important. The Marquis was kept in profound ignorance of the glorious et ems which had taken place in•his coun , try, and various attempts bad: been made, on the part of the British Governmpt to communicate the tiding?. :o him, and to devise means for the escape of hitiiself an 3 the troops 'Under his command, without effect'. At length an enterprising Gentleman was found, not a military . officer, as .reported, but an Ecclesiastic, in whose honour, knowledge, and - good sense, the firmest confidence could be placed. This Gentlemnn, disguised .:As a Trader of a very ' .hunible de,cripti , )n, went, by the vi* 0f..1-Ieligo ! - . land; to the: place where the Marquis and pi's Troops were confined, having encountered such difficulties 'in hi kogress as required the- utmost"caqion, pa• . tieneev'ando fortitude. At length he' overcame ail • obstacles,' and b ving asiertaiped the person of the .-Marquit_hq to i'vAtell incessantly for an opil , brpuity•of addres ng him, without exciting the • iiasiqiaa of the nuOcrous spies hry whouri' by was surrounded. The venerable4genc at last was obliged, • as if by accident, to joitleThe.Margns in the street, in order to attract his aventioq,,litrid having done so he apologized, as if ignorant' of the person whom he addressed, and concluded with offering to sell him some excellent coffee. The Marquis treated this offer with contempt, and signified that he sup..', posed he was speaking to a smuggler. The Priest, however, persevered in recommending his coffee, 'and, in the course of the conversation, found means to intimate that he was not - a smuggler, but aGen demon. " We'll soon see that, said the Marquis, and then asked‘himif he could speak Latin. The Priest answered in the affirmative) and a conversa tion ensued, apparently about coffee, Its, the ges-. tures of both were intended to deceive-aLL who might observe them. The Marquis was then . duly informed of every thing that had occurred in Spain, of the assistance which the .Brnish-Go vernment had rendered, and *of its readiness to. adopt any measure that was pra&icable to effe& the rescue of himself and his Troops, that they • might join their heroic Countrymen in resisting the vile attempts of France to enslave them. ;The rest of the measures necessary for the attainment of the objea in . view, and its, happy accomplishment, are well known ; but we conceive that the particulars , which we have now. mentioned will be deemed high ly interesting to every friend to the independence of . Nations, and every admirer of 'the glorious efforts of Spain to secure that inestimable blessing., ! NAVAL NE WS. TOitBAY, AUG. p.—ArriVf'd the Furreder and La Fleche Sloops of-War, Hardy Gun : brig; Lord Cochrane r ated Ship, Sprightly, King George,ilnd Gamlier Cutters, with several Transppfits butlud ,to Scilly. MAILS. llux-3 Gettenburgh, tMalta, i Dubliu, z Waterford. • PRICE 01. STOCK'S 4 , - THIS DAY AT TwELA 'o; : c-LocKii;( - 65 l'Ornaiunt I dis. 4 Consols - „ vv r EYl+4OtlTH, AUG. 31. —Came into the Roads ! yesterday afternoon, with a strong wind at S.S.E. a T E S U 401,111 A QUIS .DICERS. FALSUM AUDRAT ? Portuguese 74-gun Ships she sailed' from the Brazils with a Convoy, and partedfrom them on bet passage. LONDON, PORTSMOUTH., AUG. 31.---Arrived the ProspeS, SPENCR, for the Cape of Good Hope, and the Prin cess Charlutte, HEARN, for New Brutittiibk, from the Down's.. Also arrived; 'and arne'l!,ito Harbour, a French Ltigger, Privateer, captured by his IViajes ! ty's Ship Linnet ; likewise the Fanny, NOTTING, from the Downs.. THURSDAY, sErrEmr,La 1, igOs. This morning a Gottenturgh vri . :e4, s , it only brings 'a repetition of the Re,k,trt: of • an...-Ingage inent in.t he Baltic, - between the Er4li"sh and Adssian Fleets, in which the latter were defeated.; but we fear that s itis without- any foundation. The follow ing is the article to which we allude . SHEMINESS, AUG. 30 : —Arrived the Gannet Sloop of War, Capt. STEVENSON, from the Downs.- • GOTTENIIURGH, AUG. Icy`, - did not resi-rn the command of the'e'stern Airny, as was arfirst reported, but was luperseded arid re l.. placed by General CEDERSTROA. Private ',duet's' from Stockholm, by to-day's • - Post, report, that the Russian Fleet which ap- . peared off . ..4ldenholm, on the 6th of August; was met on. the 12th by an English Fleet, and totally put to the rout. This appears rather incredible, as we cannot conceive that a sufficient number of En glish ships for the -purpose could have been so high . up the Baltic at that time. DEAL, AUG. 31.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Snake, CiJUZENS, i from Malta. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Irarspite. for Ports- LAST. night some Dutch Letters aricl,P4zpers to the 27th reached town. From the lattr, - of•codr - se, no authentic intelligence is to be obthiii!eit-..23,11130NA-, PARTR'S anxiety to prevent: the circulation of any news from Spain and Portugal is. daily manifested by new a&s of tyranny. It is stated iu some of the letters that all 'the persons who have lately landed in Holland, from this or any other country, have been treated as prisoners of war, and sent.off to the general depot at Verdun. By these: • ;, . . sures he may prevent the• unf or t una te nations Over h ich he tyrannizes from Obtaining accurate informa tion of the glorious success which has attended the efforts of the Spaniards to assert their independence, but. he cannot keep them in total ignorance upon the subje&. Notwithstanding all his precautions, rumours of the disasters of his armies are circulated throughout tie Continent, and the mysterious silence which all the Papers .under his ContrOul have been compelled to adopt with regard to Spain, must tend strongly to confirm those rumours. The people of the Continent know very .well that .BUONAPARTE is not used to conceal his successes, and they cannot but be surprised that no account has hitherto been given of the complete subjugation of the Rebels of Span. The entry of King JOSEPH into Spain, and his arrival at Madrid, were pomp ously announced', and minutely' described, in the French. Papers, and the people' naturally have expected soine details of the repteingS - w,hich. • - - took place. in ad pans of. Spain upon hat. glorious • • occasion : they must have daily expeadthe the columns of the Ilioniieur' Addresses treat allthe Spanish Provinces to their new Sovereign, - expressive of joy upon his happy accession, and of their gr.a titude to the illustrious 11 7 upoleon for the . pa rental tendel hess which he has mani!ested ,for them.- But when they find that the IkZoniteur mouth. STAT.EME&T OF THE DISTRIBUTION OP THE BRITI S H NAVAL FORCE TO THIS DAY. Line sc's Fri. Sps. Q.B Tot.. In the English & Irish Channels - - S 2 ' ,. ` i 23 24 41 94 ' Downs and North Sea 23 1 to 37' s') rz, Spain, Portugal &G ibral.2 1 t 10 I 1 23 Mediterranean& Passage 21 2 25' 1 15 3 I Ott 1 ,Coast of Africa - - o ' o 1/ 2 _ CI _ . ,3: West Indies and Passage 5 1 1 2 1 32 j o 1 E , s ; Jamaica Station • - I 2 g i 20 .- 8i . 43 America &Newfoundland 2 2 15 / 9, ; ,-,s 1 :1 33 Cape of Good riepe, &c. 7 2 6 8 1 IL , 26 CruiLing, & c . - 0 0 4 r r 6 East Indies and Passage 6 1 lo 6 4 37 • 9 8 1 1 3 1 1 35,1. 16 7 i 162 1 575 .2( 3l 1 3 0 1 521 6.1 11 4p533 61 i 2,1 II I 53 1 162 I 23 1 180 i 229.; 228 , 822 • 6o N 0 l5 23 1 t f 104 .49 1 5 57 5° ! )L , fl 4 r. , 181, 1 2.7 i 38 2 5 2 2 9 zyl ;I.jo' ijil l i L 6RDINAIt V A.T EACH PORT. • :ii 171 2i 201 Itl 21 . SZ 121 2 1 19 1 9 1 o iz 1 11 2 Bl 1 1 8 9 1 2 2 •. ...2 3 7S 21 3 91 12 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 not only preseives the most sullen silence, upon all these topci, but denounces the se\We'st' l N • :7,, 4 , 3 nishmenta against any NewSpaper 'tyttitnay Vetr ture to currency to' any ol.the reports that are in circulation—when they hear, ai they must do, that King JUSEPH, after a fortnight's experincent of a residence in his new kingdom, has returned to Bayonne—when they hear, as they must do, in spite of all BUONAPARTE'S precautions, that the Spa nish troops in the North .of Europe have liberated themselves from the French yoke, and are about to be transported, in:British Skip, to their oWn coun try, to. fight for their legitimate Sovereign—they must be convinced that the designs of the Tyrant against Spain have failed, and while they silently rejoice in the.success of the Spaniards, feel with in cre.wd poignancy the miseries of their own degraded condition. It appears from the information of the• Officers caked by the French Brig of War .‘,;,i 211 Letters from the ,French Prisoners of W9,r, f itt : this country to their relations and friends in Franey, and which are sent froth England under the Stamp of the Tram:port BOard, are immediately hut - nt on their arrival in France. Such is BuoNArmiTa's. kindness to his beloved subjeas, that he will neitliCr'snifer any of them to land in Fiance, nor permit .i.hem to correspond with their relations. , As spine mistake; au.l misrepresentations have been 6rculated.respeaing the n - i-tnner in 'vtihieli the Marquis PE . LATti)MANA apprised of the situa tion POis eutins-ry, whim• he was. under the Danish 31. Government, it is proper to state the matter as it Total at Sea - 98 1 13 1 135 I. 167 in Port and fitting - 25 3 30 59 Guard-Ships - 0 1 3 2 Hospital & Prison Ships 33 6, f n, 1 I I Total in Commission 162 I - - - '6o In ordinary - _ 4, TOW 271 I 3,T AT/ OF THE QRD Portsmouth lyniotith Gbatharn Sheerness River Extraneous - 17 12 .. 0 Total 49 IS i 57 I So 16.1 187 HORRIBLE ATROCITIES of the FIZE.VeII The following account of the horrid and detesta')l4 cruelties committed by the Fiend], after the aaio l , of the 14th of July, at Ri o S eco , h as b en receiceu fr , m a British Officer of the highest res at the head-quarters, of, the,. Galician.army, which, was engaged on th a t d ay , 'under the comma nd of Generals COESTA and BLAKE. We are authori;ea to communicate it to our Readers, by whom it can' not fail to hereceived with sentiments of the utmost horror and disgust. " At Rio Seco, immediately after the aetion, the town was plundered, and Goo persons, priests, friar*, nuns, women, and childre n , were massacre d in cold 'blood'; no age, no sex was spared ; the.nunnery wa g broken open, and the nuns violated and murdered. After stealing every thing they. could find, in ordd to get more, they literally took away the infifla t children, and made their parents redeem them. A Spanish Officer, who was wounded in three places , was taken before General LA SALLE by one of al dragoons; but the General abused biin grossly, and ordered the soldier to cut him down ;—he obeyed! . the young man put up his bands ro save himseff,ai they were both almost cut o ff f rom hi s arms ; fell, and when the dragoon was going away, the neral called him back, and said, the blackguard si_ i ih lived, and ordered hirh.to be shot.. The ball par between his arm and his body, and the Officer, who was upon his knees, threw himself down, as if h 4t had been killed. This p,or crawled away in the night, and yesterday wa g brought to the army. The above is his own story'; be is a very respectable Officer, and not likely to sof what VI.IS no' true. " Another Officer who was wounded, and joined yesterday, declared to General BLAKE, that in, th e neighbourhood of Rio Seco, when the French were retiring, eight soldiers of the grenadiers, who .fl°` allow , their beards t o gr o w, to i m p ose u p o n t he lower class of people, enteted the house of a man , whom they seized, and before his face, one after another, violated his wife, cut off her brew ' s ' ripped her body open, and then murdered the bus' band !!! " Such savage cruelty has scarcely ever been re corded. This artny think seems d e t er mined t° give no quarter." • ...But -the day of retribution is, we trust, at ha nd , wheti the patriots will take signal vt-ngeance.on west horrid and iufaitious utous'Lers that ever aew based the nature of wan. CURACOA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED JUNE 20. SieJAMEs CocKßt.r4N, . who embarked at Ports' mouth on board t he "'mar:wale Sloop, the 1811) °i April lagt, to assume the government and chief coiP i mand of this settlement, with its dependencies, o f . the Islands of Benares and Alut3a, after conveyii4 the Surinam, De . erara, Bethke, and Esseqoit* Ships; to their respective ports of desi illation; orris; Government are in hourly expeCtation of receiving • ed• here on the . atil intant, wl , ich \v +a ougpliO• i ° l 1 intelligence from Portugal.. It ‘.vas expected that the ed to ` the . inhabitants of the Colony by a geile Troops under, the command of Sir H. BURRA.ED salute. Early the next morning his Excellency ca r ry; would land about the 20;h ult. and there is eery ashore wider a discharge of guns from the ba te reason to believe that by this time some decisive and vessels in the harbOut The troops of the ga t event has taken place. ri,;on were. drawn out i.lpon the occa:ion, by who'll —O he was received with the accustonired-hononts. . : Orders have been received for the immediate re - Ltxtpx - BUOyAr ARTE .-,Th e reported application turn to the Tower, 91 all the pil;,.es which have been entering fort Ainstertiazn, he was met by the Lieur'; of LUCIEN BUONAPARTE to the__British Minister at colleLqed in the Ordnance depot at Dover Castle : Governor and Public Functionaries, s.it ho conclude! hirn.to the CoencirChamber, where the King's co ll 2_ Sardinia, for a passport fcr himself and family;tc; they consist of fourteen wao - oon loads, 'and are ip .. tended . to be sent with otner °'s stores, which are/ now mission being first read by the Secretary, he tooktn America, was naturally considered as an extraurdi shipping in the, River, for the use of the Spanish Pa- usual: oaths, which were administerk..d to hitn by h i so nary, circurre-fatice, and excited various Conjectures. trio's.' - predecessor: This_ being over, his Excellencyv" ' attended through the principal streets of the tqw l/ Most people conceived that it arose from an aopre-. One of the partners in the house of an eminent ;b y • t an Officer's guard with a military hand, and b ig. pension that the foolish ambition of his brother- cuntracturl4 army accoutrements is about to ta4 l er it- ppointment was protlaimed in Dutch and in .Eng ' his departure for Spain, with a necessary eStabliSb.i . NAPOLEON would pull down ruin upon the -whole melt to provide the Spanish army with 'h,as is customary in . all Anglo-.l3.ataviall Colouie s ' tl. a ccoutre- '' 't- L (ire , , 1 .4en toe necessary :orinaliiieg of investitore vv - , a ,. 'family; -- an apprehension that s:eros to be' well Thents, and to give every facility . to the equiptnent, , • .atti atICD3OI the . • concluded, he received iheCong" i chi groundeJ, .as tbe Usgrper proceeds in his insolent of the Patriots. .The bpaularcls exped to . fiave an f''' - ' • orent public Bodies, and afterwards partook of 03 . , army in the course o f tne present auiumn of 1.50,0u0 tie and iniquitous career as if r eso l ve d to put the p - men, infantry and , cavalry, in the Uniform . of th e , - .cers o f the L,Tant entertainment given by the Qtn . lath regiment. On his Excellency's health brill Bence of 'mankind to the utmost trial. It is; how- country, and, fitted out In every particular for the • d rank i;, L 'rum % chair , b '' • • t 1- tilts ii. le e returned his toatn,c•4 to S field, exclusive of the present regular army it) pain. h igh ever, said, that resentme n t as Well as f ear h a d so m e : corupany in a neat a nd appropriate address, .in wile-, Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY arrived 1 he expressed it tote his intention to carry into eff4 t part in the motives which influen ce d LU CIEN on t h is from Windsor at the Queen's Palace, where he was i the liberal and en l ' }netted itistrudiOilS. be had re s . occasion, for, according to report, .he had at length i 'received fiy their Royal Highnesses the Dukes Of i ceived from his 1.14- y, respecting tbetnt.ure inter' , cauttht the flame of ambition, and seeing . Kingdoms KENT and CUMBERLAND. . 4 0 , . . and Principalities lavished upon the test of the fa, •At two o'Clock his MA,TESTY held a privateilel*Al Frotn the onset e 'state of the Island since itS 1 040 --#. • --• • ' - winch was a tt en d ed b y rnilye and upon the infamous minions of the Cur- ' • - have presided over he most a':?tit.eexertiorisP r . The Archbishop of. Canterbury, the Duke of Portland, leave. he began to think that it was full time that: he Earl Camden; Viscount Castlereagh, - Lord Hawkesbury,- iti ' happiness arid . cr'-' riot made , it is scarcely tt' should have a share in the spoil of Nat' I • Nations. t IS, Lord Riyers, and teen. Fincli , (G , rooins to wiitirg), Lora M ul grave, Lord Heathtield,' Sir b. C °mei, Vice Admiral thicres, to Wondered at .: •s.l' been long exPe ... i • • 'cojl l -+ therefore, said, that he applied to the French T - Ca l>= pant, pt. Dic . reS; Major-Gen. Sir C. Green, and Mr. R) , tter. permanent . Govelis‘i - " '''. ' army no .v be looked fa - - His afterwards , held a Privy Council, requesting that he might be exalted to the throne' Of MAJESTY ,sa uta ), _ju ~, which was attended by the Duke of 'PORTLAND and . • . ed.. His arrival ~• :- ,1.• : ",--.-..Versal joy. A - Spain; but received a positive refusal, not only be-the lotions, commerce W ill he restored, conh,lence will rest of theCa"i;inef IVlinisters, when . cause NAPOLEON thought he had more cominand Mr. RYDER, the Judge Advocate, laid before his ..- revive, and she settlement flourish. The elegance . ill, his siren MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts Martial. , •-• ; , Dl 4 rAteeilehey's manner, combined w , over JOSEPH, but because he deeply resented the of mind, assisted by , those Gentlemen he has broug 0 - • . The following had the honour cif being presented efforts of LUCIEN to prevent him from becoming • to his MAJESTY ":": . ' ' ' 'oat with him to execute the civil departments,wl l° % . r fi n : suavity of . manners and - obliging conductcatino , ,Emperor of FRANCE; for Lucietc was once a violent . Vice-Admiral Dacres, on his return from the 'command of to secure them the esteem of all parties , i A Grenade leis. .'.. ' jainaica • and his Capt. llacres, on his prortiotion; and Jacobin, and vehemently atteMpteu In p ...r.., return from fhe same place. . bro th er to, be contented ' . with the station of F',:. .... Major-General Sir Charles Green, on his appointment to Isla:id. His Esecilency, too, hos shewn every des' -!- - ''''.2.' -, e 6 , 4nniand of the 16tii Regiment of Foot. vosition to concilktte Ihe feelino - of cannot l't ll Consul. "hen the latter, however, actually : -- ' - M. • r . . ... ate -General Skeirett, on his return tront,Jarnaiea, pie. . • , bS The appoi t ti.inews which took place the day after . ented by Viscount Castlereagh. voted himself to the rank of Emperor, LuciF.isr, his Excellency was sworn into o ffi ce were - as follow His MAJESTY left the Palace, for Windsor, about ~, upon his knees, and swore he never w ~ , li.:; ,", -, - , five , i J. ROBERTSON, Esq , to be Private and Colonial S c cretary 3'Capt. CHRISTIE, to be Aicid ti e le .Ci p in an p ia : d a; •• • - • oCOC . \.l - k . his brother for such an injury to . the caue of fry'- ; ' The Doke..? PORTLAND and Mr. RYDER had long doncr and : equality. Hence Napor.EoN, •besides his and were the last in attendance - W. B. FAIRMAN, Esq. to be Naval O ffi cer. Odle, A arrangements are in contemplation, which, in ~, wish to - have .a more tradable charai9er on the - Spa- audiences, ''prolaability will speedily follow. i In "the Ligt of Members of Parliament holding c),f . ' fices and Pensions, to the late Report of tne I . ' • pis!) throne, seemed disposed to shew that he too F inance C omm it t ee --- , could be unforgiving, and resolved to punish LUCIEN , the name of the Hon. W" - Wol ' , &mini; to thwart his. ambition, and AO empha--, POLE is ,Mentioned as a Joint Rernembrancer of tliit t iv The Brest Fleet, acco r di n g t o the po s t scr ipt of a ; 1 Yoe Letter received from an Officer of the Minertja . Court of:Exchequer in Ireland; from which it m i g h t i tically to condemn , t he indulgence of it . Thi s account 'be inferred that he receiv a portion of the profit s Frigate, has again put to sea. We sincerely hop of that orlice.—We. are orised to. state that M r . this intelligence .will prove correat , as Admiral „ j ve. reason to believe, is authentic , and it PoLe ' s name Was insert n the Patent merely in ' Dock sitroaTx being off that station, there cm be 14 , 4-- little apprehension of the enem being able to e "F.thew:ii, on the part Of LUCIEN, .the. costa ion na- order twat the duties of the otfice might be duly exe- : . which cape. The passige of the Offi c er ' s letter to a _. ' ''• tilted during the absence Lord WE.LLESLEY from " Ore of the love of power, since it converted ,a, we allude, is remarkably brief; it is. merely 9 : England : but that there is an ,express restriction 1 - staunch Jacobin into :_i. candid !te. for Monarchy,, aga i ns t Mr. POLE'S receiving' any -part of the pro-. follows arnidst, all the perils that must neces sar ily att en d fits . In point of fact, theretbre, Mr. POLE neuedotq) - " Monday, Angust 22. , v The French-Fleet are again out. — 'l Frigate ' has . nor can receive any emolument from the fte-s - usurpation, atter what Europe has s uffered by the • - destroyed wagealled the Artemise, of 40 gulls." mernbrancer's Otnce, although his name appeior - in ••• =diabolical - the Patent of that Office, for the reasons we: have ' yvb': , . f_ und 'e r; rstand -that Government pu,o.e to pay Whether by giving a pa ss p or t t o thi s man we s h a ll j ust state d. - off linimediately nineteen or twenty sail of (fie line, . . please Atnerica is a doubtful question, for t c )1.1 g; ;) i n w e lesterday a Court of Direaors as held at the In- ': and to transfer the crews to smaller vessyls of war, * a in Europe, is supposed to be one of the riLhest m, dia Honse, • when the destination of tie Snip .Nrit- which are to he sent to'the Baltic and other quarters! e ht well every State; mi he alarmed at having la its ill:who'll- Was altered to - M, t dras and China, inste,e.d where therare must wanted. It is no longer deemed bosom -o- of China direct. The Court adjourned at 7 o ' c l oc k necessary to keep up large fleets, since the enemy is intriguing, • so charaeler. . till to-miarrow. i no where in sufficient force to meet them. l`